Nathaniel Khaliq on 15 years at the head of St. Paul NAACP

It's the first day off the job for Nathaniel Khaliq, who stepped down after 15 years as president of the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP.

He's overseen a decade and a half when the organization has made inroads particularly in how African-Americans are treated in the justice system in the city. Under Khaliq's leadership, the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP and the University of St. Thomas School of Law won a national award in 2010 for their work together to address problems with the way African-American youth were treated by law enforcement and St. Paul prosecutors.

Khaliq joined All Things Considered host Tom Crann for a look back on his tenure.